Auto sales of auto companies
Maruti Suzuki, Honda Cars, Mahindra and Mahindra (M & M) and Tata Motors
saw an increase in February. This has increased in the sales of companies due
to better customer perception. Last month, there was a slight increase in
Maruti's domestic sales, while Honda Cars and Mahindra gained double digit
growth. Sales of Tata Motors' passenger vehicles were up two per cent. While
Tata Kirloskar Motor sold a slight decline in sales last month.

Maruti sales rise

Maruti Suzuki India, the
country's largest car maker, said that the domestic sales of the company
increased to 1,39,100 cars, which was 1,37,900 cars in February 2018. Sales of
Alto in small cars of the company decreased by 26.7 per cent to 24,751 units
from 33,789 units last year. However, sales of the company's WagonR, Swift,
Celerio, Ignis, Baleno and DZire increased by 11.4 percent to 72,678 units from
65,213 units in the previous fiscal. The company's sales of Ciaz was 3,084
units as against 4,897 units last year.

ERTIGA sales increase

Sales of the company's
Vitara Bridges, S-Cross and Ertiga were up 7.4 percent to 21,834 units as
against 20,324 units last year. The company's exports in February stood at
9,582 units, down 19.6 percent, from 11,924 units in the same month last year.
Domestic sales of Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) rose 16% to 13,527 units last
month. In the same month last year, the company had sold 11,650 cars in the
domestic market.

Rajesh Goyal, senior vice
president and director (sales and marketing), HCIL said, "Our efforts and
strengthening of our growth in February, from the sale of models such as
Amazon, City and WR-V." The domestic sales of utility vehicle maker
Mahindra & Mahindra were seen to increase 17 percent in February, 2019. The
company sold 26,109 vehicles in the comparable period. In February, 2018, the
company sold 22,389 vehicles.

The statement issued by Tata
Motors said that the sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market were at
18,110 units, with an increase of 2 percent in the domestic market. In
February, 2018, the company sold 17,771 passenger vehicles. Mayank Pareek,
chief of Tata Motors' passenger vehicle business, said, "In our challenging
environment, we have achieved a growth of two percent, on the positive side of
our new generation of products."

However, sales of commercial
vehicles in the domestic market remained at 39,111 units, with a decrease of 5
percent. In February last year, the figure was 41,222 vehicles. Toyota
Kirloskar Motor (TKM) sold 11,760 vehicles in February, 2019. In the same month
last year, it had sold 11,864 vehicles.

Sales of Hero MotoCorp in
the two-wheeler segment stood at 6,17,215 units, down by 1.96 percent in the
month under review. The company has issued a statement saying that last year,
it sold 6,29,597 vehicles in the same month.

Bajaj Auto's sales of
vehicles grew by 4 percent during this period. Bajaj Auto's 2,21,706 vehicles
were sold in February this year. In the same period last year, the figure was
2,14,023 units. TVS Motor Company's domestic sales of two-wheelers increased
marginally to 2,31,582 units compared to the previous year. He sold 2,30,353
two-wheelers in February last year.